Authorities arrested two former military police officers Tuesday in the killing of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver.
Matheus Melo was leaving church when he was killed. How many others will have to die for this war to end?” she wrote.
Investigating officer Giniton Lages said during a news conference related to the arrests of Lessa and Queiroz that the investigation would now enter its second phase and continue in its search for those responsible for ordering Franco’s assassination and the reason for the crime, which is suspected to be politically motivated. The details of the massive operation, he said, would be kept under wraps, but no lines of investigation have been discarded yet.
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